Monday, August 29, 2016

08-29-16 Jive

Good evening, it's Monday, August 29th, and this is the Jive
at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk programs featuring NPR,
Pacifica, and independent and local public affairs broadcasts. Weeknights and
weekends we bring you the best in free-form community programming.

I’m Maria Johnson, producer and host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, a progressive-minded radio show which airs and streams every Tuesday from 4 to right before the Jive at Five. Tomorrow, I turn to my guru, Passionist Father John Baptist Pesce of West Hartford's Holy Family Monastery, for help dealing with a recurring bout of crankiness with the church. Hear why, in his view, God is found in grouchiness. See why Father John's my guru? I'm willing to share. Can't listen live? Find the audio archived at www.reasonablycatholic.com.

Now, here's a rundown of what's happening in our area this
week:

Tonight, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, brings their
usual Anything Goes Open Mic and Moments of Gratitude. On Thursday, it’s the long
running monthly Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta. On Friday, G2 (G Squared)
from across the river in Portland offer bluegrass and folk at The Buttonwood. On
Saturday morning Annaita Ghandy’s Aligned with Source workshop happens at 10:30
am. At 2 pm there’s Kerouac Café, a Free Poets Collective celebrating the
legacy of the Beat Generation of poets. The August art exhibit features works
by Sicilian native Sal Italia. Full
details at http://buttonwood.org

Tonight, down in New Haven at Café Nine, it’s the Elm City
Noise Festival presenting Pulse-width-mod, Parlay Droner, COMPACTOR, and Avmus.
On Tuesday you can catch The 34’s, The Joiner Inners, and Black River
Union. Wednesday’s headliner at Café Nine
is The Big Easy, appearing with Ourselves, Alone, The Right-Offs, and S.G.
Carlson. Thursday, brings The Revelers to the Café stage. Friday’s Happy Hour
artist is the Blasphemy Boys, with Matt Wixson’s Flying Circus, PUS, and The
Abductors on board for the Friday night late show. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session
is with Mike Coppola and Friends, followed by Sarah Golley, Smillz, and more
for the evening show. On Sunday, Cygnus Radio & Cafe 9 present "The Sunday
Buzz" Matinee with The Ebin-Rose Trio and Tommy Cosmo & Bobo. Manic
Productions and Premier Concerts bring you The Helium Brothers and Frank
Critelli later Sunday night to round out your weekend. www.cafenine.com

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it’s Jazz Mondays with
the Joe Natale Birthday Bash tonight. Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra works out
new material on Tuesday. On Wednesday it’s the Community Blues Jam, hosted by
Tim McDonald this week. On Thursday, the Balkun Brothers host a Rock-N-Roll
Residency, with special guests each week. Friday, you can hear blues standards
and originals by the Salty Dog Blues Band. On Saturday, singer/songwriter Lazer
Lloyd takes the stage to bring you blues/rock. www.blackeyedsallys.com

At Toad’s Place in New Haven, it’s the usual Night of Smooth
Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends tonight. On Thursday they bring you
Electric University and the EDM College Dance Party. On Friday, they headline
Basement, appearing with Hotelier and OVLOV. www.toadsplace.com

On Tuesday, in Middletown's Harbor Park, the Summer Sounds
Weekly Concert Series closes out with the Middletown Symphonic Band bringing
you popular classics. Concerts are free and open to the public, and begin at
7pm. Details at www.arts2go.org

At the Russell Library in Middletown, it’s Origami this
Tuesday evening at 6:30. The Veterans Writing Group meets every Thursday at 7. Check
the website for more information on the new hours, as well as additional programs
and activities for all ages. www.russelllibrary.org

There’s free music at noon Wednesday at Constitution Plaza
in Hartford presented by their Lunchtime Music Series, “Audio Feed.” This week’s
featured performer is Daniel Salazar III. Full info at www.hartford.com

Manic Productions brings you Pavo Pavo, Uni Ika Ai, and
Ports of Spain to Bar in New Haven this Wednesday. On Saturday, Manicpresents
Willie Nelson & Family at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. Full
details at http://www.manicproductions.org/

This Thursday from 5-8 pm, you’re invited to Art Walk at
City Hall in Middletown, featuring the exhibit “Middletown: Landscapes,
History, People.” Tour guides from the Middletown Commission on the Arts will
be available to answer questions.
Ninety-four works by seventy-four artists are part of the collection,
celebrating thirty-nine years of expressions created by Middletown’s vibrant
arts community. Details at www.arts2go.org

On Thursday, Cherry Street Station in Wallingford brings you
Toxic Holocaust with Cemetery Piss, Xenosis, and Orcumentary. On Saturday, you can catch Pus, The
Abductors, Blastmat, Bragging Rights, and Horns of Ormus. You can find Cherry
Street Station on Facebook, or call (203) 265-2902 for info. www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation

The Connecticut Historical Society brings you a free
“Growing Up With Grandparents” workshop this Saturday at 10 am in Hartford. Design garden pots and pick seeds to plant
together. Details at www.chs.org

Here in Middletown you can you can support local farmers and
get nutritious home-grown goods on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the long running
market at the South Green on Old Church Street from 8am-1pm. On Fridays,
The Middletown North End farmers market happens on Main Street outside Its Only
Natural Market. For times and dates, as well as info on the many more in our
area you can visit www.ctnofa.org

With the end of summer on the horizon, Connecticut’s
Agricultural fair season is in full swing! This Labor Day weekend brings The
105th Haddam neck Fair, opening Friday night and continuing through Monday,
offering, agricultural displays and competitions, plus stock and modified truck
and tractor pulls, a carnival midway, live music, and much more. Music
performers include, Basically Blues and Rock Landing Friday night. Saturday’s
lineup includes Alpaca Gnomes, Chaser Eight, Run Jenny, Phono synthesis and more.
Sunday’s featured music includes The Balkan Brothers, Fountainhead, Someone You
Can X-ray, Parson field, and Belle of the Fall. CT Old Time Fiddlers also take the stage Sunday. http://www.haddamneckfair.com/

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:

Through Thursday, Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run
of “Nuts!,” a Sundance Award-winning documentary about an eccentric genius who
built an empire during Depression-era America.
Also continuing is “Summertime,” a French film about two young women who
fall in love in France’s 1971 early feminist era. Both run through the weekend. Opening Friday
is “My King (Mon Roi)”, a film about a woman who examines a turbulent
relationship after a skiing accident. They also bring back a run of “Life,
Animated,” a true story about a family discovery that Disney animated films will
help them communicate with their troubled son. Both run through the weekend. www.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio continues the run of a new 25th
anniversary 4K restoration of “Howards End,” starring Vanessa Redgrave and
Anthony Hopkins, a saga of class relations in Edwardian England. On Friday and
Saturday they’re screening “Captain Fantastic,” starring Viggo Mortenson as a
parent bringing up six kids off the grid in an Oregon forest. It runs through the weekend. Sunday opens the
run of ‘Heironymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil,” a Dutch film that explores the
depth of this artist’s legacy as they celebrate the 500th anniversary of his
death. Details and screening times at www.cinestudio.org

From midnight to 3 am Franco’s Studio 54 with Francaccio di
Roma provides three hours of Disco and dance music of the 70’s and 80’s.

We switch it up big time at 3 am when Maximum Rock &
Roll Radio comes alive to offer the best DIY punk, garage, and hardcore Rock
and Roll.

BBC World news comes your way at 4, with tomorrow’s
broadcast day starting with Morning Edition from NPR at 5 am.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. If you missed anything,
you can find the written version online at wesufm.org/jive. And tune in each
and every weekday at 4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community,
and on the air right here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan
University since 1939.